Not What We See

Not making and judgements, just saying…

A Hollywood dad’s

Greatest performance

Is hiding the  perverted monster

Lurking beneath his clean image.

 

A man dressed in his blues’s

Is stared down by a criminal

Every time he looks in the mirror

Cause his temper has become the jury.

 

A man of the cloth

Listens to his flocks sins

While keeping his unholy acts

With an alter boy beneath the robe.

 

They build a wall with

Their statures and titles

To keep us from seeing the truth,

Knowing full well that most people…

         Believe the screen don’t lie,

         Hope the law is always right,

         Have faith in God’s teachers.

 

It is great to follow the saying

That “believing is seeing”,

But there comes a time to realize

You can’t believe everything you see.

Reviews

[Bright Ocean Star]

Well put, Cowboy. We all have a little bit of darkness and light in each of us...but it depends on the one we feed, the decisions we make, which one will grow strong and which one will be starved to death. Some people choose to feed their monster behind the curtain, hoping he'll stay silent. They never do. I like this. It is sad, but truly spoken. Nice writing.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

That is what I always sy to about all of us having light and darkness, great minds think alike.

[Bright Ocean Star]

aww... thank you, Cowboy! :)

[Madalyn Beck]

Wow. Now that is so true. I love how you wrote this one, Dale. Amazing! Such a powerful and truthful piece. I have missed reading your work. xo :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so much Maddy, I miss hearing your thoughts on my work, and love when you love it.

[Matching Socks]

Oh boy, I can't even describe this poem affects me.
It's an ugly truth that is to well hidden an happens much too often.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Sadly you are correct, one time is too often, but it happens everyday all around the world.
Thank you Ana.

[Matching Socks]

You're welcome. :-

[Draven]

Boldly spoken and indeed powerful. You speak openly of the hidden truths. Yes, many of us, and some more than others, have some hidious demons lurking in the closed confines of our closets. We cannot believe all that we see. Illusions are great to deceive.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much… unfortunately the devil lurks in us all giving us all a certain amount of darkness, it is how we control it that defines our soul as good or evil.

[MsJewel]

So true, so true Dale. It is shocking to turn on the news and find those we have admired and looked up to really aren't what we believed them to be...

Your words are real and powerful.

:) Julie

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

It is very sad indeed Julie. Thank you very much.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what we think we see, is not always what is there....celebrities do a lot of hiding, leaders do the same, even those religious leaders who preach godliness and then teach immoral acts to make those young ones feel all the guilt.

"two faces have i" sang lou christie years ago.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you Jacob for sharing your thoughts.

[Linda alexander]

Well written poem with a great theme, keep our brains outside our skulls, keep our dreams for display

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much for your supportive words.

[Linda alexander]

You welcome, take care, happy holiday wishes in advance to you and family